Invitation to Down for the 18th. W. B. Richmond, who is painting CD’s portrait, will also be there.
Invitation to Down for the 18th. W. B. Richmond, who is painting CD’s portrait, will also be there.
Sleep in Crotalaria.
Report of John Ball’s lecture to Geographical Society: Alpine flora is direct descendant of Palaeozoic flora ["On the origin of the flora of the European Alps", Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography 1: 564–88].
CD’s father thought he had not been treated fairly about his share of his mother’s [Mary Howard Darwin’s] fortune. Will not allude to this [in Erasmus Darwin]. Surprising that grandfather did not make more money. Has found memorandum of his having lost £1500 in ironworks.
The progress of the Fuegians is wonderful.
Sympathises with the "lamentable state" BJS and his family have been in.